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'Farm Gate. No.- 243,339.. Patented June 21 I881.

N. PUERS. Hwlo-Lilhnmphar, With-Minn, D. C.

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OSCAR A. YOUN G, OF WEST BLOOMFIELD, NEW YORK.

FARM-GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 243,339, dated June 21,1881.

and to the letters and. figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawings is a perspective view of a slidingand swinginggate embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view, on anenlarged scale, of the hanger; and Fig. 3 is a sectional view of thesame.

The presentinvention has relation to certain new and useful improvementsin that class of farm-gates adapted to slide horizontally and swingaround at right angles to open the passage-way.

The invention consists in the peculiar construction of the hanger andmanner of supporting the gate thereon, asillustrated in the drawings,and hereinafter described.

In the drawings, A represents the gate, of the ordinary form andconstruction, and B O the two outer posts. The post B has formed uponits inner side a vertical recess, a, to receive one endof the gate Awhen c1osed,thereby holding it stationary and from lateral displacementwhile engaged with said recess. The opposite post, 0, has connectedtoit, near its upper end, a flanged roller, 1), for supporting the upperrail, 0, of the gate, and also a latch, 01, is secured to the post, withwhich engages the rail 6. The flange on the roller 1) and the latch dhold the gate in the same horizontal line with the posts until raisedsufficiently to disengage the rails with the roller and latch, when thegate may be swung around at right angles to its former position.

Between the posts B O is located a third post, D, which divides thespace between the two end'posts into a passageway for vehicles andpedestrians. The post, near its upper end, has connected to it aright-angle arm, f, upon which rests the upper rail, 0, of the gate, andbelow this arm are connected to the post two Application filed May 2,1881. (No model.)

pintles, g, a sufficient distance apart to receive the eyes h upon therear side of the hanger E. This hanger is formed of a single piece ofmetal by being cast in a suitable mold in the ordinary manner, saidhanger having upon its inner sides ways i, between which the journals ofthe roller is rest. The sides of the hanger E extend up above theperiphery of the roller is to form guides [for the rail m of the gate,and project below to form guides at for the rail e, thereby not onlysteadying and guiding the gate on a horizontal line above the roller h,but below it, this being very important and essential in preventing toogreat a lateral strain on the hanger and the pintles.

Midway between the eyes h are flanges 0', which prevent the hangerEbeing disconnected from the pintles, without the hanger is in suchposition as to bring the space between the flanges on the same verticalline with the pintles. In this position the hanger may be raised off thepintles and the gate removed for repairs or other purposes.

It is important that some provision should be made whereby the gate willnot become accidentally detached from the post D by the careless openingand closing of it, and at the same time in providing such means not toincrease the cost in the construction of this class of gates. This, itis believed, has been successfully accomplished by simply providing thehanger with the flanges 4, arranged so that the space between them willcome on the same vertical line with the holes in the eyes h. Should thegate A be swung around at an angle, however slight, the flanges r,if thegate is raised, would strike against the under side of the upper one ofthe pintles g, thus preventing the gate being elevated to such extent aswould disengage the eyes h with the pintles g.

The eyes h, flanges 1', guides L a, and ways i are all cast and formedtogether in the same mold, thereby not increasing the cost ofmanufacture, and obtaining a very practical and durable, as well asefi'ective, hanger for farmgates.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

The gate A and posts B G, in combination hereunto subscribed my name inthe presence with the post D, having pintles g, and the ofitwowitnesses. hanger E, carrying roller k, the sides of said hangerextending to form guides Zn, and hav- OSCAR YOUNG 5 ing eyes h andflange 1, substantially as and Witnesses:

for the purpose set forth. W. P. DAVIS, i In testimony that I claim theabove I have JOHN W. ORYSTEL.

